Dusty Leather Laces

Worn out and tossed aside

 

 

Dusty Leather Laces

 

 

 

Dusty leather laces

Knots of endless fraying

Caustic on the ribbons of a heart now in the shade

 

Promises are broken

Thin ice on the river

Postcards tossed into the trash so long ago displayed

 

Darkness finds the corner

Shadows hold the meaning

Does the world still spin when every other place is spared

 

Tight along the border

Guards embrace the fence line

Lost along the boundaries of love no longer shared

 

Knees are feeling weaker

Tears now find their falling

Puddles drench the wingtips neatly polished on the strand

 

There outside the window

Sunlight streams the valley

Teaching us the woman doesn’t always make the man

 

                        (Sometimes she breaks the man)

Author's Note

Thank you for reading

Reviews

[redflutterby]

Awww Jack...this is so incredibly sad. The last just killed me!! Sigh....

[Jack...]

Thanks so much my beautiful friend. I actually wrote this for someone else, but I do know the feeling well.

[Anand Sehgal]

Darkness finds the corner
Shadows hold the meaning
Does the world still spin when every other place is spared.

Loved the thought process. very good write :)

[Anand Sehgal]

There outside the window
Sunlight streams the valley
"Teaching us the woman doesn’t always make the man.."
Some sort of hard-earned realization is seen here

[Jack...]

Thanks so much. It was written for a friend who was having a rough time with his girlfriend.

[Anand Sehgal]

Strain in relationship has been very common in the post-modern world. Individualism has got propelled, I feel.

[Angi]

This is the other side of loves fence, eh Jack? Loved the metaphor here. I hope he gets some new shoes soon. Angi~

[Jack...]

Yeah a friend was having a rough time of it so I decided to write his sole. :) Thanks so much my friend.

[TL Boehm]

hmmm. So much depth in this piece. Walk a mile in a man's shoes - and there is an entire life in the sequence of steps. Love the extended metaphor in this. its so powerful

[Jack...]

Thanks again my sweet friend. This was conceived from a conversation I was having with a friend who felt he was wronged by a lady friend....go figure, huh? I always appreciate seeing you here, next let me know ahead of time and I'll polish my shoes.

[ba_mcfarlane]

Great stuff...glad I found it!!

[Jack...]

Thank you sir, I appreciate you stopping by.

[carol burgess romance]

So much meaning hidden between the lines as usual. My friend your words flow from an endless fountain I do believe. So very good.

[Jack...]

Thank you so very much Carol. Always a smile finds me when you appear.

[Keith]

That one came from the soul. And glad you found my good shoes, been looking everywhere for them!

[Jack...]

So that was you who left them, I was wondering where they came from? (You might want to pick up some odor-eaters) :) Thanks so much Keith for the review and the humor.

[Blue Ivory]

Clever write! This made me think. Great work.

[Jack...]

Thanks so much for your kind words. I always appreciate you stopping by.

[Cassie]

This is absolutely beautiful, I see my anticipation didnt go to waste. This is really good Jack, As usual you sweep me over by your writes. wahhhh!!!! *smiling and re-reading this whole piece*

[Jack...]

Thank you so much Cassie. I always love the smiles you bring me.

[Cassie]

Those shoes...oke now let me read the whole poem and give you my feedback, I saw the shoes first and I have a feeling this is a nice write. *anticipation mode*